Tobacco-conservator.



n. JQBARKER'. TOBACCO CONSERVATOR. APPLICATION FILED MAYYZI. 1911.

1,263, 1 89; Patented. Apr. 16, 1918.

WITNESS. IINVENTOR.

I BY A TTORNE Y ROBERT J. BARKER, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

TOBACCO-CONSERVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

Application filed May 21, 1917. Serial No. 169,962.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. BARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful TobaccoConservator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device whereby tobacco users may economically use tobaccos by digesting them without mastication and the consequent excessive and injurious sallvation and narcotization, while the same are inclosed in a container, held within the mouth of the user, free from observation, and precipitating the active princlples thereof, in liquid form, regulated to any desired quantity, by graduated percolation, directly on the mucus membranes of the mouth by which they are absorbed into the system, producing a condition of contentment and satisfaction.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a perspective of the conservator; Fig. 2 is a perspective of the conservator bowl with the cap thereof removed; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on lines IIIIII of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on lines IVIV of Fig. 3.

The conservator consists of two parts, a bowl 1, and a cap 2. In the cap 2, Fig. 1, are shown the percolation ducts 7 and in the bowl, their counterparts 6, the two sets cooperating with each other in regulating the How of the juices out of the conservator. The cap 2, is fitted snugly, though loosely on the bowl 1, that it may be rotated on the flange thereof, thus opening and closing the percolation ducts to any desired capacity. These ducts 6 and 7 being spaced equidistant in the flanges of the bowl and the cap, when any two of them coincide, all do. After the conservator is filled with tobacco, it is to be closed with reference to the ducts 6 and 7. For example, should the user desire the maximum quantity of juices obtainable, then the ducts are opened to full capacity. But should he desire to curtail, then the ducts are partly closed, and if none at all, then closed entirely.

The bottom of the bowl 1 is of concave form and has a centrally-disposed inlet and outlet duct 4. Its functions are to pass copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the fluids into the conservator to irrigate the tobacco, and to pass out of it, at the will of the user. The voluntary acts, necessary to the performance of these functions are, simply, increasing or decreasing the fluid pressure on the con caved side 11 of the bowl 1.

The functions of the vent ducts 9 in the cap 2 are to cooperate with the duct 4, in passing fluids into and out of the conservator, by relieving the pressures incident to these acts. 10 designates a nail-groove in the cap 2, designed to facilitate opening the conservator.

The conservator, when closed, is of concavo-convex form to conform to the contour of the pouch of the cheek, thus it may be retained in the mouth without inconvenience.

The conservator is made in circular form, that the cap '2, may be rotated on the flange of the bowl 1, for the purpose of gaging and regulating the capacity of the percolation ducts 7.

The bowl 1 has an offset 5 flush with the flange of the cap 2 to present a smooth surface to the mouth.

Operation: The bowl is filled with the tobacco desired to be used, fine cut will do, and closed with the percolation ducts 6 and 7 coinciding. The device is then placed in the pouch of the cheek, concaved side inward. The mouth is closed and saliva is forced through the inlet and outlet duct 4, in contact with the tobacco.

The conservator is size and of any suitable material, and while I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, I reserve the right to make such changes in the construction, proportion, and arrangement of parts as properly fall within of the claim.

Claim;

A tobacco conservator adapted to be car ried in the mouth, consisting of a circular receptacle having ports and a concave bottom portion, the sides of said receptacle having a peripheral offset, and a circular cap adapted to fit over the receptacle and against the offset thereof, said cap having a convex top portion and provided with ducts, for the purpose described.

ROBERT J. BARKER.

commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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